Reading the New Testament : Contemporary Approaches (Paperback)

Acknowledgements  1. Introduction: How to Read the New Testament  Part 1: History  2. Reading Historical Documents Historically: From Historical Criticisms to Literary Criticisms and Back Again  3. Contemporary Historical Approaches to the New Testament: Identity and Difference  4. Applying Methods Old and New  5. The Quest for the Historical Jesus  Part 2: Revolutionary Origins of Christian Beliefs?  6. The New Testament and the Origins of Major Christian Theological Ideas  7. Paul, the Law, Faith and Salvation: Old Perspectives, New Perspectives, Different Perspectives  8. Paul's Revolution for Our Times? Paul and Continental Philosophy  Part 3: Reception  9. What is 'Reception History'?  10. Methods and Questions in Reception History  11. How to Read New Testament Scholarship  Part 4: Extracts from New Testament Scholarship